Los Angeles Lakers
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- proper noun
- /lɔs ˈændʒələs ˈleɪkərz/
- The last Western Conference team to win the championship was the Los Angeles Lakers, under coach Pat Riley, in 1988.
- Los Angeles Lakers star
- Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant
- Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe
Examples
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Cedric was a basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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In fact, he even mentioned he'd like to buy the Los Angeles Lakers.
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I used to be a Los Angeles Lakers fan.
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Mike D'Antoni is the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Utah's next home game is Nov. 7 vs. the Los Angeles Lakers.
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After keeping it close through the first half, the Suns couldn't keep up with the new-look Los Angeles Lakers late last night, losing by 12.
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Recently, the Los Angeles Lakers made a coaching change from defensive-minded Mike Brown to offensive powerhouse coach Mike D'Antoni.
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In 2010, the Thunder lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.
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On a national level, SuAnne idolized Earvin "Magic" Johnson, a star player for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Synonyms
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A group of players who play basketball together in competitions
Surface Forms
Morphology
Los + Angeles + Lakers
This is a conventional proper name for a sports franchise, so the specific meaning 'a professional basketball team' is not derivable from the literal constituents. Even if a learner knows ‘Los Angeles’ and the word 'lakers' (people from lakes), that information does not predict the conventionalized sense of a professional NBA team, making the expression effectively idiomatic/lexicalized.
Etymology
The name Los Angeles Lakers comes from the team's first home in Minnesota, a place known for many 'lakes', so the team was first called the Lakers. When they moved to sunny Los Angeles they kept that name, and today Los Angeles Lakers refers to the city's famous professional basketball team.